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JP McMahon, founder of Food on the Edge, has put together a packed programme for this crucial Irish food symposium. Picture: Andrew Downes, Xposure.

Next big foodie event

Food On The Edge 2022 (October 17-18) is the next “big-ticket” event in the Irish food calendar, now wonderfully sited in Airfield Urban Farm, in Dublin. This year’s twin themes are Disruption and Regeneration, very obviously suggested by these trying times of pandemic aftermath, rising costs of living, war, and climate change; the body of speakers arranged by founder JP McMahon should present a formidable response to these existential challenges. They include some Menu favourites, especially Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City and Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World.